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Methods: An institutional case-control study was performed of patients with prior breast augmentation undergoing breast cancer treatment from 2000 to 2013. Controls were propensity matched and randomized, and data were retrospectively reviewed.

Conclusions: Palpable detection of breast cancer is more likely at a smaller size in augmented patients, yet it is less likely on screening mammography than in controls. Augmentation breast cancer patients have a comparable disease stage and are more likely to undergo mastectomy rather than lumpectomy. Both silicone and saline implants, whether placed submuscularly or subglandularly, have comparable effects on breast imaging, biopsy modality, and surgical intervention.

CLINICAL QUESTION/LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic, III.

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From the Department of Surgery, Division of Breast Surgery, and the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital; the Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; National Center for Plastic Surgery; and Specialty Physicians of Northern Virginia, Reston Hospital Center.

Received for publication May 23, 2017; accepted October 2, 2017.

†Deceased.

Presented at The Aesthetic Meeting 2015: 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 14 through 19, 2015.

Disclosure:Dr. Spear was a consultant for LifeCell and Allergan. Dr. Nahabedian is a consultant for LifeCell, Allergan, and Chief Surgical Officer for PolarityTE. The rest of the authors do not have any conflict of interest or disclosures, and do not have any financial interest in any of the products or devices mentioned in this article. No funding was provided for the research or preparation of this article.

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